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0. G. LEMMER. TRUNK. APPLICATION FILED NOV. I0, I919.

1,363,134, v Patented Dec.'21, 1920 INVENTOR oRYu. G LEMMER ATTORNEY UNITED SATS PATENT OFFICE.

ORVIL G. LEMMEB, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

TRUNK.

Application filed November 10, 1919. Serial No. 336,872.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Onvrn Gr. LEMMER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Seattle, in the county of King and State of Washington, have invented a new and useful Trunk, of which the following is a specification. I

My invention relates to improvements in trunks, particularly those of the wardrobe variety, and is an improvement over the trunk for which U. S. Patent #1,292,490 was issued to me on January 28th, 1919. Its object is to provide a trunk, simple in construction, which will combine the benefits of a wardrobe trunk and a compartment trunk.

These and other features of the invention will bedescribed in connection with the drawings and pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawing, in which like reference characters indicate like parts, Figure 1 is a top view of the trunk with the front and side lids open. Fig, 2 is a plan view of the upper portion of the trunk, when standing on end, particularly illustrating the arms which carry clothes hangers. and the members supporting said arms. Fig. 3 is a plan view of one of said arms, with clothes-hanging devices. Fig. 4 is a vertical sectional view of the removable wardrobe section, taken through the side. Fig. 5 is a vertical sectional view of the removable wardrobe section, taken through the front, showing extended the support for the arms which carry clothes-hanging devices, said arms and clothes hangers, for the purposes of this illustration, being removed. Fig. 6 is a front view of the trunk, when standing on end, showing the lids open, the wardrobe section removed, and tworemovable shelves inserted in lieupf the wardrobe section.

The body of the trunk is designated by 1, the front lid by 2, and the side lid by 3. 4 represents a member adapted to carry the arms which support the clothes-hanging devices. Assuming that the trunk is standing on one end, this member is located near the top of the removable wardrobe section, is fastened to the back end wall of said section and spaced out therefrom by a suitable fixture. Pivotally connected to this member is another member 5 of practically the same size and form. These two members, comprising the support for the arms, are provided with and connected by a longitudinal slot illustrated by 6. The pivotal connection at 7 permits the member 5 to be extended in the same plane as member 4, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, or to be brought forwardly so as to be contained within the body of the trunk and of the wardrobe section. Suitable means are provided, adjacent the top portions and the pivotal connection between members l and 5 for maintaining said members and their longitudinal slots in aline- Inent, when said member 5 is extended as shown in Figs. 2 and 5. Slidably connected with these arm supporting members is a series of arms carrying clothes-supporting devices. Fig. 3 is a side plan view of one of the same. The fixtures 9, fastened to the arm by the rod 10, or in any other suitable manner so as to permit a forward or rearward movement, slidably engage the longitudinal slots 6 of the members 4 and 5, so that when the trunk is closed the arms carrying the clothes supporting devices can he slid close together and be within the body of the wardrobe section. When the trunk is open, and the member 5 extended in a plane with member'4, said arms, operating in said slots, can be slidably extended over the members 4 and 5, giving ready access to the clothes. Connected with the arms, and spaced slightly away therefrom, are the two flat oppositely located members 11. These members are movable, but they have a sufficiently frictional contact at their connection with the arms so as to remain in any position to which they may be placed, and adapted to hold articles of apparel. In the drawing,

3, they are shown as extending downwardly. but when in operative position they would be usually located approximately as shown by the dotted lines in Fig. 3. Connected with said arm, shown in Fig. 3, is a clothes hanger 12, of suitable form.

In Fig. 4 is shown the clothes-retaining gate inoperative position. 13 illustrates the body, of rigid construction. Located on one outer side and near thetop and bottom ortions of the gate is a pair of gate-suppor ing members having. offset arms 14, with downwardly extending offset toes 15. On the other'outer side of the gate is an offset arm 16, having an upwardly extending toe 17. Attached to the rear wall of the wardrobe section are a pair of cleats 18, provided on their upper portions with a plurality of slots extending transversely and open at the ends adjacent the interior portion of the section, indicated by 19. The offset toes 15 are adapted to fit into these slots, allowing an adjustment of the gate either forward or rearward, and also to permit the gate to swing forward or backward. Said slots are open at the ends, as indicated, to permit the removal and adjustment of the gate, however, at the other ends of said slots and directly underneath thereof, said cleats are provided with additional openings adapted to hold said toes 15 in place, permit pivotal movement thereofland also retain said gate in adjusted position. Attached to the side wall of the wardrobe section is the support 20, Fig. 5, to which is pivotally connected the arm-21,:having in its upper portion, and forthe greater part of its length, a plurality of small openings, in any one of which the upwardly [extending toe 17-the toe and its arm being of spring material-can engage, for the purpose of retaining the gate in any adjusted position. The -arm-21, being bolted to the fixture 20, by bolt 22, can be extended downwardly and out of the way of the clothes when desirable to remove them from the wardrobe section.

The body of the removable wardrobe "section is provided with a plurality of rollers 23, mounted on ball hearings, to facilitate the movement of the wardrobe section. These rollers are concave circumferentially, they are located at the upperand lower portions of theside wall of the wardrobe section and revolve on the tracks 24, and within the limits of the retaining members which extend the depth of the wardrobe compartment of the trunk and located-at the top and bottom portions thereof, as shown at 25, in Fig. 6. The lower member 25 operates in aslot in the bottom portion of the wardrobe section, and the upper member 25 serves as a retaining medium against the upper and inner edge of said wardrobe section. At 26, inside of the wardrobe compartment and adjacent the top outer edge thereof is aspring bolt, adapted to engage the projection 27 on the removable wardrobe section, to retain saidsection. if desired, within the wardrobe compartment, and at the same time permit the wardrobe section to be extended for nearly its full depth, so that the clothes maybe easily accessible. If it is desired to remove the wardrobe section entirely from the wardrobe compartment, this is efl ected by disengaging the spring bolt 26 from the projection 27. Located at the lower portion of the removable wardrobe section, as shown at 28, Fig. 5, is a pocket made of flexible material adapted to hold two partitionsafor the wardrobe compartment, Should the user desireto utilize the trunk without'the wardrobe section, it can be removed, and these partitions oi-sh l es inserted in the wardrobe compartment, in grooves provided therein, as is shown at 29 in Fig. 6.

In order thatthe construction of the body of the removable wardrobe section may be more readily understood, I will state that it has a back and bottom sections, and one side section, said side section lying adjacent to the central partition of the trunk when in operative position and inclosed in the trunk; the front, top and the other side of the removable wardrobe section are open, to facilitate the handling or inspection of the clothes. 30 designates the drawer ,section, which comprises a plurality of drawers slidably mounted on horizontal supports on the sides of the drawer compartment. 31 illustrates the lock, located on the side lid 3.

In using the trunk, the wardrobe section is rolled out from the body of the trunk for approximately its full length and retained in this. osition by thespring bolt 26andthe catch ,2 the supporting member 5 for the arms is then extended in the plane of the supporting member 4, bringing the longitudinal slots in alinement, means are then applied for holding said supporting members in this position. The arms carrying the clothes-hanging devices can then be moved to any portion of the length of said members by means of the longitudinal slot extending through and between them and the fixtures 9, located at the rear ends of the arms and operating in said slots.

In the patent granted to me, hereinbefore referred to, the device for supporting the clothes-carryingarms was of lazytongsnconstruction, one end of which it was necessary to fasten to the lid of the trunk when said device wasextended. The present .device is simpler and stronger in construction and is self-contained within the wardrobe section, in that when the memberb is extended it is completely operative in itself and will support the arms, the hangers and the clothes without the need of any additional support. -VVhen the wardrobe section is entirely removed from the trunk, under the present construction, the arm carrying device will still perform its functions completely, permitting light and air to get to the clothes and making them readily accessible. The roller bearings of the wardrobe section, operating on the small tracks as indicated, make it easier to extend said section from or return it to its compactopened and used in its entirety, with the front lid flat against the wall, thus effecting great economy in space. As thelock is located on the smaller or side lid, the trunk can be packed and locked ready for travel without changing it from its position in the corner, a great convenience in packing.

The auxiliary clothes-hanging fixtures 11, in connection with the arms, enlarge the clothes-carrying capacity of said arms, and as they are of fiat construction, do so without a sacrifice of space.

The pocket for carrying the extra partitions, and the means for applying said partitions when the wardrobe section is entirely removed from the trunk, as heretofore described, add to the usefulness of the trunk.

I claim:

1. A. removable wardrobe section for a trunk, having in combination a body member substantially rectangular in form, open at the front, top and one side, a member adapted to carry arms for holding clothesretaining fixtures, comprising a support attached to the back and side portions and adjacent to the top of said body member, and spaced away from the back thereof, said support having a centrally located longitudinal slot, another support pivotally connected therewith also having a centrally located longitudinal slot adapted to aline with said first slot, means for holding said supports in the same plane when said second support is extended and so alined, a plurality of arms for carrying clothes-retaining fixtures each having, in connection with a pintle extending transversely through the shoulder of the arm, at the upper edges of said shoulder, a member comprising a vertically disposed body portion, oppositely bent laterally extending lips on the extremities of said body portion, the lower lip terminating in a right angular upstanding section, at the lower edges of said shoulder a member comprising a vertically disposed. body portion, oppositely bent laterally extending lips on the extremities of said body portion, the upper lip terminating in a right angular downstanding section, said last named members adapted to slidably and detachably engage said slots.

2. In a trunk, in combination with a re movable wardrobe section thereof, a clothesretaining gate comprising a rigid body member having at one side and hingedly mounted'thereto a pair of ofiset arms each carrying a downwardly extending foot, at the other side of said gate, a spring oflset arm with an upstanding foot, attached to the back wall of said wardrobe section a pair of cleats :in vertical spaced relation carrying at their top portions a plurality of slots open at the ends adjacent the gate, said slots adapted to hold said downwardly extending feet. in adjusted position and said feet to pivotally engage said slots, attached to the side wall of said wardrobe section, and adjacent the front edge, a member on which is pivotally mounted a transversely extending arm having a plurality of openings adjacent its upper edge adapted to receive and hold the upstanding foot of said spring ofiset arm.

ORVIL o. LEMMER. 

